Mini Smooth Plane

Wonderful post. It is nice to see hand crafted planes.

Thanks for the post.

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Nice Job Joe.

I have been using the smoothing and jack plane from this company for a number of years and I can say without a doubt they are my favorite planes. It looks like you have duplicated the smaller one quite nicely and saved yourself quite a bit of $$$$$$$$.

When all is set right and the blade is sharp the smoothing plane makes paper thin shavings of tiger maple. Being a plane maker I thought you might also be interested in the plane making floats they have.

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Beautiful job! I love hand made tools like this. From the shavings it looks like it works well?

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I absolutely love planes… you’ve done a fantastic job!

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Very nice!

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A bunch of interesting planes in the background there. Where did get all the old planes from?

Amazing.

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Very nice. Love the the antique planes as well. Do they get much use?

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Nice one!

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Looks great, I’m glad it works too. I made one of these and it wouldn’t make dust, let alone shavings. Great work.

Thanks all for the compliments.

I have 60+ old planes that I’ve “tuned up” and now use. Bought from various places like the internet, ebay, and shops throughout PA.

Plane making, for me, has evolved out of a desire to have really good useable tools. Some of my old planes are from the 1700s. I don’t want to have to worry that I may ruin an antique. I also, now, have a better understanding of what planes are really useful to me in the workshop. I can save money by not buying a 2 and ½ inch quirked ogee that I’ll never use or be able to get it tuned up properly. Lastly, my wife has revoked my ebay privileges. Lets just say 2007 was a great year for planes in our house.

Joe